PMI ACP Coaching in Private

PMI ACP Coaching is one of the premium certification training’s looked upon by hiring managers for Agile & Scrum Implementation. The reason of why is evident pretty much. Let us learn why?

With the growing Industry needs, we have started to notice a paradigm shift in the Project Management space off late. Especially with the continuously changing requirements of almost every Project, Agile & Scrum concepts started to evolve.

PMI has been considered as Industry de-facto standard and word for Project Management. With its market dominance on Project Management, the PMI-ACP Certification is recognized towards People who function in Agile implementation and practice on daily basis.

Who Should Attend

Software Development Engineers
Software Quality Team
Documentation Engineers
Content Development Team
Release & Change Professionals

PMI ACP Coaching

Participation in the PMI ACP Coaching enables the participant to get the desired guidance at the convenience of the flexibility of time, dates and location.

We offer this program in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Also for those who are outstation, we recommend them to join our PMI ACP Coaching Online guidance.

Benefits to You

• Build strong knowledge and understanding of Agile & Scrum concepts
• Aids to transition from novice to practitioner of Agile practices
• Learn day to day use Agile terms and terminologies
• Understand and visualize the templates and working Agile model

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate Agile in Implementation real time and Practice it with ease
• Extensive understanding on the Agile knowledge for better productivity

Job Mapping

• Graduates/Freshers with the participation in the Training can kick start their Job search in a more confident manner in the Software/IT industry with starting salary of Rs. 5 Lakhs
• Professionals with upto 3+ years of experience in software/IT can transition into as Senior roles
• Mid-Career Senior role professionals with PMI-ACP certification post the training can anticipate up to Rs. 8 lakhs

Eligibility for PMI ACP Certification Exam

• Diploma/Graduation or above
• Project Management Experience 2000 Hours earned in last 5 Years
• Agile Work Experience 1500 Hours earned in last 3 Years
• 21 Contact Hours earned with participation in the Agile Training

Unique selling proposition for PMI ACP Coaching

GlobalSkillup with its niche SME expertise on Project Management and quality gives the participants the right edge and name to establish their deep dive understanding on the Agile practice and market themselves extensively. The course curriculum and the certificate issued are in line with the Global standards and provide a unique opportunity for participants to take superior value advantage.

PMI ACP Certification Exam Breakdown

Exam Domains	Topic Areas	Questions Percent
D1: Agile Framework		16%
D2: Customer Value Driven Delivery		20%
	Define Positive Value
	Avoid Potential Downsides
	Prioritization
	Incremental Development
D3: Effective Stakeholder Engagement		17%
	Understand Stakeholder Needs
	Ensure Stakeholder Involvement
	Manage Stakeholder Expectations
D4: Boosting Team Performance Practices		16%
	Team Formation
	Team Empowerment
	Team Collaboration and Commitment
D5: Adaptive Planning for Realtime		12%
	Levels of Planning
	Adaptation
	Agile Sizing and Estimation
	Velocity/Throughput/Cycle Time
D6: Problem Detection and Resolution		10%
D7: Continous Improvement Betterment		9%
Totals		100%

Exam Format

Total of 120 multiple choice Questions to be answered in 3 hours’ time. 20 Questions are pre-test, which are non-scoring questions. 100 Questions are scoring questions based on which the evaluation for PMI-ACP credential will be considered pass.

PMI ACP Sample Exam Questions

Question 1: In a Software development company, Sprint teams are asked to perform Retrospectives. As an Agile practitioner, when would you recommend them to be performed:

A. Product backlog planning
B. Iteration planning
C. Release planning
D. Sprint Completion

Correct Answer: Sprint Completion

Question 2: In a Project performed for the development of Financial Software, the requirements are focused on Personas in mind. As an Agile Practitioner, what must the Personas exhibit:

A. Stakeholders & customers
B. Work to be done by the team
C. Built product based on the user roles
D. Sprint team itself

Correct Answer: Built product based on the user roles

Course Content Outline

Day 1	Day 2
Learn about PMI, PMI-ACP Certification	Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion – Level 2 (12 Knowledge/Skills)
PMI-ACP Exam insights & preparation of mindset for exam	Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion – Level 3 (13 Knowledge/Skills)
Understand Agile & Marketplace	Agile Practitioners 6 Domains of Tasks
Agile Manifesto & 12 Principles behind Manifesto	Your role in Professional & Social Responsibility
Agile – Tools & Techniques (10 Categories)	PMI-ACP Exam Preparation
Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion – Level 1 (18 Knowledge/Skills)	Final Wrap Up

PMI-ACP Study Books and References

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great ISBN #0977616649 by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber	Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition ISBN #0321482751 by Alistair Cockburn
The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility ISBN #0321502752 by Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick	Coaching Agile Teams ISBN #0321637704 by Lyssa Adkins
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products – 2nd Edition ISBN #0321658396 by Jim Highsmith	Becoming Agile: …in an imperfect world ISBN #1933988258 by Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky
Agile Estimating and Planning ISBN #0131479415 by Mike Cohn	The Art of Agile Development ISBN #0596527675 by James Shore
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development ISBN #0321205685 by Mike Cohn	Agile Project Management with Scrum ISBN #073561993 by Ken Schwaber
Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility ISBN #0321532899 by Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott

Total Cost of PMI ACP Certification

Training Cost by GlobalSkillup	25000	INR
ACP Certification Exam Cost for Non-Members	495	USD
ACP Certification Exam Cost for PMI Members	435	USD

PMI ACP and CSM Comparision

PMI ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) is offered by PMI(Project Management Institute) which is very popular across the world for Project Management. Certification offered by PMI is worthy investment from Job market and Recruiter’s point of view. This certification is the new offering while CSM is being there in the market for a while. Even then, PMI ACP is still considered a better one in comparison since this certification emphasizes more on the overall iterative methodologies including SCRUM, Lean, Kanban and so on. Exam is based on 120 Objective type Questions conducted at Prometric Independent Test Center. Pass percentage is not defined by PMI. It is “believed” to be close to 75%. This certification needs a periodic renewal usually every 3 years. PMI ACP Training is a 2 days duration program. All PMI certifications, including PMI ACP can be taught by any Training provider and also PMI REP’s(Registered Education Providers).

CSM (Certified Scrum Master) is offered by the ScrumAlliance which was the only provider once upon a time to venture out to provide SCRUM related certifications. Off late, there are atleast a couple of bodies which focus and provide similar to certifications like CSM. CSM primarily emphasizes on the SCRUM methodology only. Exam is based on the 35 Objective type Questions conducted by Training providers after the Training Completion in Supervision of Invigilator at Training Center. Achievement of 24 or above correct answers for 35 questions is considered as Pass. This certification needs a periodic renewal usually 2 years onwards. Certified Scrum Master Training is a 2 days duration program. CSM Training is provided by either CST (Certified Scrum Trainer) or ScrumAlliance REP’s(Registered Education Providers) only.

PMI ACP Coaching for Certification

Participants will get the 21 Contact Hours of Agile Knowledge Proficient Certificate from GlobalSkillup after completing this course. This certificate is also mandatory to participate in the PMI-ACP examination.